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Bar & Grill [Public] / Re: Hurricane Helene
« Last post by Jeff Tanyard on October 02, 2024, 04:48:01 PM »Death toll is now at 167.
The response from volunteers has been outstanding. In addition to charities, churches, and other such organizations, individuals who own their own helicopters have started bringing supplies to those who can't get them any other way. Race car driver Cleetus McFarland says in the video below that 37 helicopters--private craft, not government birds--were ferrying stuff in.
In an homage to the Berlin Airlift, I'm going to refer to this operation as the Appalachian Airlift. Y'all do what you can to help that moniker catch on.
The response from volunteers has been outstanding. In addition to charities, churches, and other such organizations, individuals who own their own helicopters have started bringing supplies to those who can't get them any other way. Race car driver Cleetus McFarland says in the video below that 37 helicopters--private craft, not government birds--were ferrying stuff in.
In an homage to the Berlin Airlift, I'm going to refer to this operation as the Appalachian Airlift. Y'all do what you can to help that moniker catch on.